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<p>It does seem that the Gigantic Egos would prefer flying West than toiling to Madison or Iowa City. All the Mack boys needed to do to become a “Legend” or a “Leader” was to snap their fingers. </p>
<p>To each his own!</p>
<p>In regards to the breaking story of both ND & TX joining the B1G, all parties involved (Jim Delany, Jack Swarbrick & DeLoss Dodds) remain mum thus far when contacted by a fleet of media in the past 24 hours. Having said that, I would be equally surprised if Larry Scott not doing anything in his power to at least courting the Longhorns to the PAC-12 in order to be on a par with another round of B1G expansion. Stay tuned…</p>
<p>Hey, just a dadgum minute!!! What’s your beef against Pullman and Corvallis? You must have refused to eat your vegetables [lentils from Pullman] and hated going out in the rain [Corvallis] as a child.</p>
<p>Sparky, time has come to change gears and focus on what is important, namely the games! All this non-sense about schools playing games of musical chairs for potential conference berths is just that … non-sense. </p>
<p>Why would anyone believe that a moron on a discussion forum knows what is happening when the AD themselves do seem to turn like weathervanes? And is the source a journalist from Cleveland? In an era when anyone armed with a twitter account, a cell phone, and a vivid imagination can call himself a journalist! Do not need to have a clue or know how to spell football or your name. A bunch of jacka$$es spinning in the blogosphere … that is the media in 2011. </p>
<p>Let’s yap about this when it actually happens!</p>
<p>“Sparky, time has come to change gears and focus on what is important, namely the games!”</p>
<p>^^ That’s right, xiggix… Personally, I am very content with UNL as our 12th member as it allows B1G to host the championship game!! In terms of conferences alignments, let’s perhaps just leave it at aTm joining SEC for now since this whole process might take some time to complete. Nevertheless, to truly answer the question: “What is important these days!?” Hmm… Would it be the exciting game on every Saturday during the autumn for diehard alum like us or the conference revenue share that would ensure the perpetual prosperity for the school’s athletic programs for decades to come.</p>
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<p>College footbal dominated by altruistic thoughts? College football has survived rather well before all this conference realignments and jockeying to dismantle existing conferences. </p>
<p>I think you are confusing the schools who want to preserve the integrity of existing conferences and the ones who believe in poaching left and right and started this whole mess. Big Twenty comes to mind! </p>
<p>Oh well, enough said about it. Our voices mean absolutely nothing in this circus.</p>
<p>^^ With all due respect, not all the athletic programs in the country are independent and self-sufficient like The Ohio State Buckeyes. In fact, the recent statistics have shown that only a handful of Div-1 athletic departments in the country are perennially NOT in red. Therefore, it is my strong belief that the long term viability of its sports programs (football in particular) should not be the attention of the student athletes and fans only, but the commonwealth of all the constituencies affiliated with the school.</p>
<p>“I think you are confusing the schools who want to preserve the integrity of existing conferences and the ones who believe in poaching left and right and started this whole mess. Big Twenty comes to mind!”</p>
<p>Well, would you have said the same had Larry Scott pull-off the PAC-16 last year when B1G only expanded by one? And speaking of poaching, integrity, and perhaps greed, why not UNLV or Idaho as the newest members of PAC-12 instead of Colorado and Utah due to their perfect geographical fit?! The truth of the matter is that we now live in an era of economic recession & $TV network$, given the opportunity, PAC12 and SEC would most likely be doing exactly the same as the Godfather of the B1G. It is 2011, Major Conference Commissioners/CEOs are paid no less than $1-million for their salary, these top executives must think and act progressive/aggressive in order for their respective conference to strive if not survive!! Delany was the 1st one to think outside of the box with this conference TV network deal, but I can assure you that he won’t be the last one to come up with new money making ideas. Times are tough, brace yourself, my friend… ;-)</p>
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<p>Again. there is no need to rewrite history. The fact remains that Texas strived to keep the Big 12 alive despite the defections created by the piracy of conferences such as your beloved Big Whatever. Maximizing network deals within a framework is different from poaching with glee and abandon. </p>
<p>People seem to find it eminently pleasurable to crow about the additions of extremely attractive teams to expanded conferences. A lot less attention is devoted to the schools that end up scrambling. The story is not about what OU or Texas might do … such storied programs with recent national championships and near-misses can write their own tickets. The story is about the Baylor of this world. </p>
<p>When all is said and done, and we end end up with 4 large conferences and a playoff system, the artisans of the changes will simply move to another platform to destroy.</p>
<p>“The fact remains that Texas strived to keep the Big 12 alive despite the defections created by the piracy of conferences such as your beloved Big Whatever.”</p>
<p>Wrong tree, wrong bark… Indeed!!</p>
<p>Alive only in the eyes of Longhorns and you perhaps, when most everyone else think Texas was/is the one who was/is responsible for destroying the BIG 12 with greed and LHN. Ask Colorado, Nebraska and the most recent ATM why they bolted? Do you think the ones currently stay with the Longhorns enjoy being in the BIG 12 with unequal revenue sharing if not lopsided? Given the choice, they would all jump ship!!</p>
<p>Haha, Sparky, you got to do do better than that! </p>
<p>Do you realize that one school that was opposed to more equitable revenue sharing plans in the Big 12 was none other than Nebraska! Nebraska under Osborne had always been a malcontent in the Big 12 for a number of reasons. The Legends and Leaders will soon find out how easy those folks are to please. Stepping on their academic ego, as some of your conference did, will come back to roost! </p>
<p>Are you aware of the Big 12 revenue-sharing plan proposed in 2011? And, after ATM’s commitment to stay for 10 years, and before its change of heart? </p>
<p>You need to do some reading outside of blogs written by and for the clueless!</p>
<p>Trust me, I’ve done a lot of readings on these expansion thingy since my college days… Haha and name calling does not validate nor win you any argument in real life. I however, would like to hear from you as someone who cares greatly about Baylor, what would you have done or what can you do assuming if you are in Baylor’s situation? Be constructive and tell us what you’ve got under sleeves? ;-)</p>
<p>I did not call you names; I commented on the source of some your posts.</p>
<p>Regarding Baylor, what gives you the idea that I care greatly about it. However, it does seem that people who are part of the decision process do care greatly about the school and the survival of a viable conference in the Southwest. </p>
<p>Again, it does seem that some would like nothing else than being able to laugh at the misfortunes of Texas and other Big 12 schools. Did I misjudge you by placing you in such category?</p>
<p>“Are you aware of the Big 12 revenue-sharing plan proposed in 2011? And, after ATM’s commitment to stay for 10 years, and before its change of heart?”</p>
<p>Of course, but why do you think ATM still bolted? Is Texas really the one whose trying to hold everyone together (under their system perhaps) for their benefits or their own? Is Texas really the kind-hearted big brother as you portrait?? Just so you know that I do not try to win any argument for the sake of winning, if I am wrong, I have no problem admitting I am.</p>
<p>“Again, it does seem that some would like nothing else than being able to laugh at the misfortunes of Texas and other Big 12 schools.”</p>
<p>I don’t see anyone laughing here. I only care greatly regarding to B1G expansion as an alum.</p>
<p>“Again, it does seem that some would like nothing else than being able to laugh at the misfortunes of Texas and other Big 12 schools. Did I misjudge you by placing you in such category?”</p>
<p>Ah, I think I know what you meant now thinking back, but please don’t keep on changing your focus on an argument from B1G to Texas and to my Baylor video in order to rebuttal. </p>
<p>I apologize if anyone was offended by my youtube link regarding to Baylor. I did so mainly because I dislike Baylor’s way of handling its demise (perhaps the school has no choice?) by blocking ATM to SEC. Me on the other hand, refuse to play victim, I would at least try to be more progressive and perhaps leverage on what I have. Baylor is a fine, largest Baptist Christian university in the country and as such, it always has the option to take a step back if need be to join or form a new alliance with other religious colleges across the country in order to solidify its core mission and belief as many Christian and Catholic colleges have done in the past. In short, I admit that I did ignore the spirit within me at the time when I post the Baylor youtube video. Therefore, I shall repent to the Lord tonight. Thanks for the reminder! :)</p>
<p>"If you take Oklahoma, do you have to take Oklahoma State too? "</p>
<p>I saw something on ESPN where they asked a trivia question: what are the top 5 colleges in winning NCAA championships (team and individual)? I can’t remember the order, but 4 of them were USC, UCLA, Stanford, and…Oklahoma State. (The 5th might have been Florida).</p>
<p>Most of us tend to respect the University of ______ schools more than the __________ State University schools. From what I can tell, academically and otherwise, the gap between OU and OSU isn’t very big. In fact, OSU is supposed to be prettier, and academically superior in a lot of ways. So maybe the Big 10 wouldn’t be slumming as much as you guys think if they absorbed OK State.</p>
<p>The bizarre thing about these 16-member superconferences is that they will be broken up into 8-team divisions, which will approximate the smaller conferences that proceeded them.</p>
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Not sure where you got your information. You are surely not referring to the Director’s Cup, an “award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors’ Cup are based on order of finish in various National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sponsored championships or, in the case of Division I Football, media-based polls.”
[NACDA</a> Directors’ Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_Directors’_Cup]NACDA">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_Directors’_Cup)</p>
<p>Stanford is the clear leader in the Director’s Cup, followed by UCLA. I don’t see Oklahoma State listed anywhere. Of the 12 years listed here, Michigan was in the top five 8 times, Penn State 4 times, and Ohio State 3 times. I’d say the B1G is not gonna be impressed with Oklahoma State’s overall atheletic records.</p>
<p>The key question here is the big ticket sports. How is OSU’s football program compared to Oklahoma’s.</p>
<p>Besides, the next B1G expansion is revenue driven. There is no way they will take two teams from the same TV market.</p>
<p>“Not sure where you got your information.”</p>
<p>I told you, I saw it on ESPN.</p>
<p>"Director’s Cup, an “award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors’ Cup are based on order of finish in various National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sponsored championships or, in the case of Division I Football, media-based polls.”</p>
<p>Right, I clearly WASN’T talking about any ranking where you got points for finishing anything other than first.</p>
<p>Why don’t you sleep it off and get back to us tomorrow.</p>
<p>[Thou</a> Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Conference Deal: Billboard | The Alcalde](<a href=“http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2011/09/thou-shall-not-covet-thy-neighbors-conference-billboard/]Thou”>Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Conference Deal: Billboard | The Alcalde)</p>
<p>Indeed!! Especially a university built its foundation upon Christian beliefs should live by example imho, instead of holding ATM hostage by threatening with law suit. Although now led by a lawyer/judge as its President, “faith” should be its core doctrine at Baylor as the Lord shall provide everything for those who believe and in needs. Yet, “Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged,” as much as I dislike Baylor’s action, I shall remain silent on this matter. It’s Saturday. Game On!!! lol</p>